Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin opens The Wound Center

Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin has opened a wound center a block from the hospital.

The Wound Center at 2301 Bellevue Road, Suite 100, will serve as a treatment center for chronic, non-healing wounds, according to a news release. These kind of wounds are ones that have not healed after eight weeks or have not improved after four weeks.

The Wound Center will offer care for people whose natural healing process is hampered by poor blood circulation, diabetes or other causes, the release said. Patients may call the center directly or be referred by a physician.

"Our goal is to help individuals experience optimal quality of life," Dr. Dennis Taylor, medical director of The Wound Center, said in the release. "We have customized therapies to help patients achieve healing results in the best time possible."

The center will be open 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday. For more information call 274-3730.

Services include hyperbaric oxygen therapy, dressing changes, debridement, biological skin applications, compression therapy and negative pressure wound therapy.

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This story was originally published March 30, 2016 at 7:24 PM with the headline "Fairview Park Hospital in Dublin opens The Wound Center ."